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REVIEW OF THE YEAR: Sony's E3 Victory

That video games lack recognisable stars is a criticism the industry often faces, but for one night in June PlayStation US CEO Jack Tretton certainly felt like rock royalty.

As much as certain forum communities may swoon over the fact that Reggie Fils-Aime’s body is ready or about Shuhei Yoshida’s Antonio Banderas impression, Tretton is not used to such adulation from the community.

Sammy7773772d ago

i would say MS handed SONY the victory more than anything else.

Belking3772d ago (Edited 3772d ago )

Victory ? I would hardly call it that. But I did like how they focused on MS and threw in the fact that' they were going to start charging for multiplayer. Sony had a bad E3 in terms of games and they basically just rode the wave of bad pr ms was getting......but we will see who will have the last laugh though. That grass isn't as green as it seems. That pr machine is smiling but the investors aren't.

rainslacker3772d ago

And yet, you still can't admit that MS blunders were so great, that just saying that one wouldn't do them would endear Sony to most of the gaming nation?

Isn't such adulation a direct representation on how the community felt about such policies? After all, Sony hasn't even really had to put forth a lot of effort to sell it's system. All they're doing is what they've always done.

Sony just gave people what they wanted, and they are being rewarded for it.

hellvaguy3772d ago

I always thought a good product shud stand on its own merits rather going with the old: well at least were not as bad as the other guy excuse.

rainslacker3772d ago (Edited 3772d ago )

I agree. But the media itself wasn't exactly giving Sony a break due to their silence on the issue. The media, and us gamers wanted to know where Sony stood on such issues.

One could argue that they could have been clear about it before hand, but realistically, from a business standpoint, who wouldn't make that knowledge known when they had the most attention on them? I imagine if the roles were reversed, MS would have done the exact same thing. I know if I was pushing a console, I would as well. You just can't buy good PR like that.

Sony has been able to stand on it's own for quite a while. It sucks that they had to even spend time discussing the topic, but it's not really their fault that it was a topic in the first place. That fault lies solely on MS, because they are the ones that brought it to the forefront. Before MS reveal, most reasonable people thought there was no way they would try such a thing, myself included.

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KEMCO ditch the RPGS for a horror Visual Novel - Horrific Xanatorium

Available right now on Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC is the latest from a prolific KEMCO team - Horrific Xanatorium; a horror Visual Novel

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Ar Tonelico Qoga: Knell Of Ar Ciel Retro Review – Love Conquers All

Gary Green said: You’ll be forgiven if you haven’t heard of the Ar Tonelico trilogy. The previous two games arrived so late in the PS2’s life-cycle that they simply went unnoticed. While most were tinkering with their shiny new PS3s, Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica were being ‘returned to sender’ by your local Game stores. Luckily, you won’t need to have played them to understand and appreciate this third and final chapter, Qoga (pronounced k-yoga) tells the story of a racial war between humans and Reyvateils, a breed of biologically produced female cyborgs capable of reproduction, while still having a digital mind.

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Giga_Gaia4h ago

Oh my god. I kinda wish this would get a remaster on PS5, it would be awesome. One of my favorite games on PS3.

That and 3D Dot Game Heroes. It's a shame that some stuff is stuck on PS3.

Knightofelemia2h ago

Ar Tonelico 3 is good I still prefer the first AT game. The music is solid in all the games and Akiko Shikata is a very talented singer bringing life to the game. Only annoying part is well I find is Saki I always choose Finnel or Tyria. KOEI so needs to HD remaster the franchise along with Ar Nosurge and Ciel Nosurge since it never came to North America. I would day one the Ar Toneliceo games and Ar Nosurge if they were remastered.

TheColbertinator1h ago

I still have the limited edition of Qoga unopened. Unfortunately it never went up in value like I had hoped all these years.

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TopSpin 2K25 Review - Serving Up a Nice Reboot | MP1st

TopSpin 2K25 Review - After a very long hiatus, TopSpin is back! Can Hangar 13 bring the venerable tennis series back to relevance?